Are there any players on this list that stand out or surprise you? Who would be your first choice off the street for each position (a.k.a. short list) in case the Giants need someone in case someone else goes on IR?

Anyone who signs with a team now isn't getting anything more than the league minimum which is as follows for the following groups:

Anyone who signs only counts on a weekly basis rather than the full 17 weeks, so the cost of signing a player will dwindle each week. In-season cap space won't be an issue, especially since the Giants will pick up space right after week 4 (between $100 to $200 K) and week 8 (add another $200 to $300 K). The key is to avoid players going on IR. If another 2 more go on it, especially earlier in the season, then they'll have to make more room under the cap, dipping back into the Snee/Weatherfood pool. My hunch is that they'll be alright.

It amazes me that we have chosen to keep Curtis Painter as ours. It seems boneheaded. I'd take most all of those guys on that list over Painter. He is atrocious. But I guess if we lose Eli for an extended period we are screwed anyways. But I would like a QB that might be able to eek us out a win or two if Eli was out for three games. It's perplexing.

But if he misses just part of a game, and say one the following week, can Painter deliver better than Nassib? Obviously from what the coaches have seen in preseason and in practice, he can't, otherwise Painter would not be here....

But the cost of this was an extra player....you are keeping a player on this team, taking up a roster spot, that may never play......does that make sense? Obviously next year, he will be the #2 guy, and Painter is out of a job, and we have the roster spot back......that is the plan.....but if Nassib does not take advantage of this season, and is not "ready" next year, hope that wasted "spot" does not come back to bite us this year....

As for the free agents out there, I thought Turner would have a job......but apparently, he has lost his game, and no one is even sniffing....

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